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My neighbor does scrap, and he won't even waste his time with power cords. The great thing about a scrapping neighbor is that I can go through his pile anytime I want for parts or whatever. I haven't bought a lawnmower in years, when they die I just trade them in
Occasionally, I'll feel sorry for something that he's picked and give it a home. That's why I have a 1948 Westinghouse fridge in my basement....the finish isn't great but it works perfectly and silently. I just couldn't let something like that go to waste. Had a tragic scrapping this week on my block, the one neighbor's dad passed away and I watched a perfect 1991 Caprice with low miles get hauled off by the junkyard. I almost cried. But the guy is the neighborhood looney (and I mean LOONEY) and nobody talks to him, else I might have tried to save it at the last minute.
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I had a good thing going with a local scrapper at one point; I'd bring him old computers and cheap or otherwise unrepairable BPC and he'd let me take anything vintage or antique in return. I got some good stuff through him, but a couple years ago his wife had a kid and he had to stop scrapping to help at home. But hey, now I have less competition
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My grandfather did this to the devices he gave to me. Why? He didn't even know. Oh well, that MiniDisc player is up and running once again.
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Had an 84 cougar with the V6... All i have left now is the grille..
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